We analyzed 1,581 negative reviews from the top 5 News Aggregator apps on the App Store. Here's what users hate most.
Ranked by frequency — how often each complaint appears in negative reviews.
47% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Ads constantly popping up, along with the hyper-sensitivity of an ad being touched is out of control of this app."
"Too many pop-ups! Would be better if they didn’t have pop up ads every minute or so…ridiculous."
38% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"App crashes when opening a story. Completely random but no longer usable."
"Crashes about once every 5 minutes, really no value in using."
35% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"There are too many totally misleading headlines which essentially fall into clickbait."
"It’s a liberal, left leaning, legacy media group."
29% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Cannot block certain sources or at least key words."
"There’s no way to filter them either."
26% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"The user interface is unintuitive and difficult to navigate."
"No option to remove a barrage of “notifications” about nonsensical points."
22% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Every article I tried was behind the paywall. App deleted."
"Too many paywall articles."
Design and usability issues driving negative reviews.
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